Join Jessica Nelson as she shares her remarkable experience of tracking down her husband’s paternal side.
After reading the Frank Hart autobiography, ACHS staff were reminded that HOW a person tells a story often feels more important than the specific information it contains. But creating that magic for future generations feels daunting at best! We’re here to help. Join Rebecca Desens for a three-part series of Storytelling 101 via Zoom this winter to sharpen your skills of finding the story beneath the story of the mundane
January 18, 7 p.m.
After reading the Frank Hart autobiography, ACHS staff were reminded that HOW a person tells a story often feels more important than the specific information it contains. But creating that magic for future generations feels daunting at best! We’re here to help. Join Rebecca Desens for a three-part series of Storytelling 101 via Zoom this winter to sharpen your skills of describing the mundane (just how DO you brush your teeth?)
January 18, 7 p.m.
Stories abound in Anoka of odd happenings and eerie encounters. Our costumed tour guides will take you on a walk through historic neighborhoods of Anoka, sharing stories of the past along the way.
Sixty percent history, 40 percent folklore; these stories are just part of the fun you will experience on your Ghosts of Anoka tour!
Program May 15, 1 p.m. via zoom!
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This is the Municipal On Off Sale Liquor Store that used to be on the east side of Central Avenue in Columbia Heights, between 40th Avenue and 41st Avenue, near the Band Box (burger joint). The Nelson parents worked there part time, cleaning the lounge after it closed for the night. Steve Nelson has memories of it closing up early on Christmas Eve and his parents picking him and his sisters up to go downtown to look at the Christmas decorations.
Join us for the annual meeting, delayed due to COVID-19 and our holiday party all in one place!
Join us in celebrating the 100th anniversary of Halloween in the captiol of spookiness, Anoka, Minnesota!
ONLINE FUNDRAISING EVENT: A family game of cards around the Wise family kitchen table in Grow was cut short in a moment when gunfire exploded through the porch window on May 27, 1900. The daughters, Eliza and Martha, writing letters in the front parlor, ran to fetch help from the neighbors, while their parents and two brothers lay injured and dying.
virtual program on weddings held by ACHS
